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we're live in aurora with more >> abc news has video of shooting suspect james holme, taken six years ago when he spoke at a science camp. >> it's an ill -- illusion that a allows you to change the past. >> he shot into a crowded theater, kill 12 people,
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including very ron na moser. >> veronica's mother, ashley, is in the opt and has been told of her daughter's death. >> we small people who are still terribly injured and may not make it. >> authorities maneuvered through a minefield of booby-traps inside holmes apartment, removing a computer, hard drives, and several explosives they detonated at other locations. >> as we continue to learn more about the man police believe is responsible for this shooting, there's an effort here today to make sure the victims are not forgotten and, alan, i will wile the story at 6. >> alan: is the area starting to look like it did before the tragedy? >> the mall re-opened yesterday so today you had a lot of
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shoppers coming and going, people still taking pictures. the theater is closed. the parks lot is starting to fill up with people coming to honor those who were lost because there's a vigil starting in half hour, and i will have that for you tonight at 11:00. >> alan: thank you. in all, 71 people were shot. 12 died. the youngest victim is six-year-old veronica moser. her mam -- mom is in critical kin. rebecca wingo is a month -- mom with two children. and other victims are jessica gow wisconsin, john larimer, micayla medek. and alex sullivan. a man from the chicago area made crosses yesterday before driving
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to colorado and planting them on the hill croat the series. he made crosses for the victims of the columbine high school shooting in 199. >> the home of james homeles' parents in san diego is under police protect. two officers are continuing to guard the house around the clock, and the police spokesperson says they'll be there through tomorrow. holmes' parents have not spoken possibly about their son. he spent his childhood 'kin' san diego, and stewed yesterday neuroscience at the university of colorado. we'll have continuing coverage of the colorado theater massacre. you can get the latest anytime on abc7news.com. >> right now president president obama is on his way to san francisco. air force one is expected to touch down at 7:00 tonight. and right now his'm yap opponent, mitt romney, is in the bay area for three fundraisers.
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sergio quintana is live at the fairmont hotel where one event is underway. >> reporter: there's actually a pretty vocal, yet small bruin of demonstrators here at the fairmont to greet mitt romney as he arrived here for this reception, and with romney here and the president on his way, clearly the bay area for the next 24 hours, is going to be the place to be to raise campaign cash. >> republican challenger mitt romney's swing through the bay area gap in woodside where supporteres shelled out $50,000 per person for what is build as an intimate gathering. demonstrators voiced their opposition. >> i don't resent anybody having wealth but i think there's a collective consciousness part of the american dream is you're that fortunate, you give back and that's not just 10% to your church which has an agenda. >> their fairmont hotel is event
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number two with guests forking over between $2,500 and $10,000. familiaring the -- following the reception at the fairmont, he goes to a $50,000 a plate dinner. romney isn't necessarily in the bay area to win over voters. >> california has solidly been a state that barack obama is going to win for the past several years and that's not going to with these visits. they're purely to raise money. >> president obama will be at the fox theater in oakland tomorrow and with tickets ranging from $100 to $7,500, downtown business owner charles chapman says he can't afford to attend. >> it's a very pricey event. so, he is doing all he can to get what votes he can because he knows he has his work cut out for him. >> his is one of several businesses shut down for security reasons tomorrow. oakland city workers are putting up barriers.
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green flags have been hung within the perimeter from oaksterdam university. >> we're trying to get him to understand, just to be aware of what medical cannabis is so we're not having such an opposition. >> protests are planned aimed at melinda haig's crackdown orr on bay area medical marijuana dispensaries. >> along with the fox theater event tomorrow in oakland, the president is going to be hosting two other fundraiser, one at the scottish rites center in oakland, a second one is at a private home in speedment that is a $38,000 per person fundraiser. reporting live in san francisco, abc-7 news. >> alan: they come here because this where is the money is. thank you, sergio. the president's visit will close several streets tomorrow in oakland. here's a map showing the closures roundtable the fox theater in oakland where mr
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mr. obama's events will be head and will be closed from 8:00 a.m. to 10 tomorrow night. the family of a five-year-old girl shot in the neck is asking witnesses to come forward. she was caught in the crossfire dire during a drive-by shooting in front of a fire station. she is still at oakland children's hospital in stable condition. police don't have much information to work with about the shooter or the suspect's car. it's described only as a late model lexus with no hubcaps. >> the highway patrol arrested two people after investigators believe they took part in a chase that put an officer in the line of fire. like at this. the shotout win question to of a car. aing a cure rear-ended the patrol car and opened fire. the officer escaped up harmed.
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the two men in the van were arrested. the chp look for two people who the stolenning a currie. >> once a symbol of school pride is no longer on campus any and the rice and fall of joe paterno. the family drama that might be linked to michael jackson's money. >> leigh: i'm meteorologist leigh glaser. temperatures inland. once again you're 100 degrees. we'll check out the readings in just a bit. we had some cooling around the bay and the coast. more cooling in score
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>> alan: the ncaa says it will take, quote, directive and punitive measures against penn state university in the wake of the child sex abuse scandal. officials say they'll release more details tomorrow and have not ruled outhutting down the school's football program. jerry sandusky has been convict of 45 counts of abusing ten points. and it was found that joe paterno and other school leaders helped cover up allegations against sandusky. >> the family of late penn state football coach is expressing disappointment. now that his statue that once stood outside the university football stadium has been removed. crews obscured by a blue tarp dismantled the statue this more than. paterno's family says removing it does not serve the victims of he sex abuse scandal. the university's president says it became a source of division. investigators believe katherine jackson, the matriarch
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of the jackson singing clan is safe with relatives in arizona. katherine jackson had been missing for several days. she is the guardian of michael jackson's three children, and one of them, paris, tweeted last night that she had not spoken to her grandmother in a week, and that she was missing. the family drama unfolded days after it was revealed that some of katherine jackson's children wrote a letter to the executors of jackson's estate, which left his foreign to his mother and his children and charity, was a fake. the estate denies the ang cue sayings. >> a del luge in china where areas are getting the worst floodingy 60 years. a mild day today out here but get ready for a cooldown this
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this is dramatic individual crow from northern china where firefighters rescued a man from a flashflood.
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with five other members of his family died after rains engulfed their truck that got caught in a dry river channel. he escaped with just minor injuries. >> heavy rains also left drivers stranded on roads in beijing. more than eight inches fell on champion's capital. the most in 60 years. officials blame ten deaths on flooding and other weather-related problems. storms left thousands of travelers strappedded. >> back here, leigh glaser is here to tell us about a slightly cooler trending out there. >> leigh: you're exactly right. we thought we would see a little more of a cooldown today. not so. temperatures near 100 degrees. so this is -- you can see from the high definition sutro cam, a little fog making its way through the gate there. not a lot. you can even see a live don her
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7hd picking up a little bit of the activity. most of the fog out there earlier in the day has since pushed on towards the south. the closeup visible indicates that as well. the live doppler is picking up isolated thunderstorms. this is fire off lightning strikes. this ban will be moving out of the area overnight. this is a look at the closeup satellite. you can see a little fog near the coast, and then it has since started to decareer, push on towards the south. here's the fog making its way through the gate so not a lot of cooling inland. in fact, antioch at 98 degrees. fairfield, you're at 9 6. 67, san francisco, san jose, clear sky. you are at 83 degrees. san jose down seven degrees from this time yesterday. san carlos, a little bit of the
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fog influenced, downtown -- down 13, down 17 from san rafael and napa, you're down 12 degrees, all because of the patchy fog that kind of made inroads last night, from back to the cost, but we'll look for patchy coastal fog overnight. it will be a cooler day inland, the westerly winds will pick up and push the marine layer inland and more cooling expected for the entire bay area as we head into tuesday and wednesday. overnight temperatures tonight, we'll still keep it mild inland. antioch, 62. we'll bring temperatures down. san francisco, 54, touch of fog. it's been an area of low pressure continuing to bring the fog in. this is tomorrow morning. you'll see a little fog but really sitting just near the coast doesn't really move that further inland. it will be late in the afternoon when that fog bank will start to move further inland and that will cool inland locations down
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a bit. low pressure brought is a little bit of fog today. it will be cooler inland tomorrow with a bit of coastal fog and this is the cooling mechanism in this area of low pressure that sets up tuesday and wednesday. so heat relief is on the way. tomorrow, mid-to-low 90s inland. concord, 90. sap rafael, 80. 88 for gilroy, and 71 for santa cruz. a little cooler for us a up as we head into monday and tuesday and wednesday. temperatures by wednesday and thursday, low 80s inland. and we're talking temperatures today near 100 degrees. >> thank you, leigh. rick is in for shu and an exciting day in baseball. >> the a regs going for the first four-game sweep of the yankees. the a's and giants are going to sweeps today, and at the british open, adam scott has
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>> with four holes to go at the british open adam scott had a four stroke lead and then it slipped away. tiger's chances came to an end with a triple bogey on six. check out this. he finally dot get it out. wound up three-putting the hole. wound up three shots back. scott's long putter failed hem down the stretch. 42-year-old ernie els finished his round at 68 with this long birdie. that put him in the clubhouse at
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7 under. look at the crowd's reaction. scott could hear the roar on 17 where he found the deep rough. he would make his third straight bogey, dropping him into a tie with els. now on 18, after a shot to the bunker, gives hitch a chance with this great shot. he needed this par putt to force a playoff but, no. scott had four straight bogeys to end the day. so els wins his fourth major championship, his first in ten years. he was a subdued victory speech for els who felt bad for his friend adam scott. >> i'm not, obviously -- say i won this golf tournament but i feel for my buddy. he is such a great guy, great talent. obviously not the way he wanted to lose the tournament. and i feel very fortunate but i really feel bad for adam today. >> the red-hot a res going for
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their first four-game sweep of the yankees at the kole assume. law enforcement day. new york took an early 4-0 lead off colon. granderson with the long ball in the fourth but the a's come back after an inge home run. suzuki hits his first of the season off of sabathia. down by one in the ninth. oakland ties it up. smith with the blast to center. they go to extra innings tied at four. the a's win it in 12 with norris on 12th. crisp to right. no throw home. and oakland completes the sweep with a 5-4 victory. their 11th walkoff lean. the magic continues. >> the giants were trying to complete their own sweep of the phillies. nate sher -- sher holes goes deep. and then mabry, second home run of the cop test, comes off zito who allowed three runs. in the eighth, sher holzer
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homers game it's tied. stays that wait until the 12th 12th and then jimmy rollins singles. 4-3 is the final. san francisco loses for the second time since the all-star break. >> today in paris, the tour defrance came to an end. bradley wig against locked up the yellow jersey yesterday so the day's ride into the city was ceremonial. he is the first british driver to win the event. >> big weekend for the british. >> alan: coming up, shoppers get a scare from a bear. this
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>> alan: coming up in a half hour at 6:00. ama daetz is live in aurora with the latest on the tragedy in colorado. we'll hear how the shooting is bringing together strangers. >> a bay area assemblywoman on probation for shoplifting sets her sites on a new position. in pennsylvania, people in wildlife experts surprised bay visitor at a shopping mall near pittsburgh. that's right. 120-pound blackber cub walked out of the wooded looking for a test of civilize a's, shopper were told to evacuate when the bear was sported roaming out series. the -- sears.
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not a whole lot of food at sears. that's it for us at 5:00. - captioned by closed captioning services inc. tonight, a special edition of "world news" from colorado as the president comforts a community in pain. this evening, coming together here. the vigil, the prayers, the president's visit. also tonight, an abc news exclusive. for the first time, video of the alleged gunman james holmes, revealing the most yet about the suspect. as new details emerge about his alleged effort to join a gun range. the owner who said no because of red flags. "world news" one on one with the police chief here who describes what it was like inside the suspect's apartment. >> you have never seen anything like that? >> i have never seen anything like it. >> the images, explosions in a colorado field detonating

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